Oh my glob, yes! Zimbra 8 has gone GA. Zimbra 8 furthers VMware’s commitment to email and collaboration in the post-PC era. By providing a rich desktop experience right within your web browser, users will be able to email and collaborate from any device at any time. With new IT cloud management, unified communication, simplified personal cloud email, address book and calendaring, Zimbra 8 is poised to redefine what email and collaboration is all about. Here are the top 8 reasons why Zimbra 8 will change your life for the better Or if you just can’t wait any longer, click here to get your hands on Zimbra 8 to see for yourself.   Simplified Communications With Zimbra 8 you will be able to access all of your Unified Communications directly out of the Zimbra interface.… Read more »

Lot of times you need to make a quick note about something in an email or a little reminder for yourself like "I need to confirm those dates" or "add John's phone number” or "attach the PPT" etc.  But there is no easy way to capture that thought instantly.  Sticky Notes Zimlet helps solve that problem by allowing you to attach a note to a particular email. The Sticky Notes Zimlet is really easy to use…all you do is make a quick note and attach it to your email. Once you attach your Sticky Note, it will automatically pop up the next time you re-open your email. How to create your own Sticky Notes: Simply select an email and click on the "StickyNotes" toolbar button or drag and drop your email onto the Zimlet to add your notes. StickyNotes in Contacts (v1.… Read more »

Every day, when you first login, this Zimlet scans your calendar and sends out a summary email about the current day’s events. This Zimlet helps both frequent and lite calendaring users in different ways: 1. For power-users, this is like having a personal assistant; who summarizes appointments for the day, providing a concrete idea as to how many meetings you have. 2. For general-users, the Zimlet helps in reminding you that there is a meeting to prepare for (in case you've forgotten) To make it easier to read, the appointments are sorted and divided along two simple categories:  Those that need your immediate attention (e.… Read more »

For years, the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) has exposed mailbox data via REST. And lately, a few customers have asked about the Zimbra REST API (e.g. How is the API used? What methods are available? How does the Zimbra REST API compare to the Zimbra SOAP API?). So I thought it would be good to revisit the topic.… Read more »

For the last post in the Power Zimlet Series (Attach Email, Ignore Conversations, Contact Organizer, Task Reminders), we are ending on a lighter note. Zimlet 5: Emoticons in Email Who doesn't love emoticons? They are core part of life online and I admit am a huge fan of them. Historically Zimbra has always supported emoticons - but only in IM.   For ZCS 6.0 (coming very soon) we have made some enhancements to the Zimlet platform (including the ability to create new 'application tabs') that enable us to now support emoticons in email compose as well. When you write an email you can simply enter your standard text emoticon [example:… Read more »

In the last 3 posts in the Power Zimlet series we covered tools for improving email and contacts: contact organizer, ignoring conversations and attaching emails to messages.  Today we are turning to a new application in ZCS that many, including myself, find incredibly useful - Tasks. Zimbra Collaboration Suite has had the Tasks application for some time now, but as of yet it doesn't support reminders.  And without reminders it is hard to keep track of Tasks at hand, making it sometimes hard to use.  This new Zimlet fills that gap by providing a reminder digest once a day. Zimlet 4: Tasks Reminders How the Zimlet works:… Read more »